Crocodilium creticum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Centaureinae
Genus: Crocodilium
Species: Crocodilium creticum

Name

Crocodilium creticum (Boiss. & Heldr.) N.Garcia & Susanna, Pl. Syst. Evol. 234: 25 (2002).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Aegialophila cretica Boiss. & Heldr. in P.E. Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 106 (1849).
• Homotypic
  • Centaurea cretica (Boiss. & Heldr.) Nyman, Syll. Fl. Eur.: 34 (1855), nom. illeg. non Centaurea cretica (L.) Spreng.
  • Centaurea aegialophila Boiss. & Heldr., Fl. Orient. 3: 704 (1875), nom. nov., pro syn.
  • Centaurea aegialophila Wagenitz, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33(2): 230 (1974), nom. nov.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Kriti. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Egypt, Libya. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Primary references

• Font, M., Garnatje, T. Garcia-Jacas, N. & Susanna, A. 2002. Delineation and phylogeny of Centaurea sect. Acrocentron based on DNA sequences: a restoration of the genus Crocodylium and indirect evidence of introgression. Plant Systematics and Evolution 234(1–4): 14–26. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-002-0203-3 Academia Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Crocodilium creticum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 4. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Crocodilium creticum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 Feb 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Crocodilium creticum. Published online. Accessed: 4 Feb 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Crocodilium creticum. Accessed: 4 Feb 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Crocodilium creticum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 4. Reference page.